Mission Statement and Philosophies.

Martin Buber was very dedicated to Judaism, however he reached out to people of all faiths. Buber strongly liked a "philosophy of dialogue" encouraging the sharing of insights to humanity and it's relationship with God. Buber believed that Orthodox Jews, who make simple tasks rituals making these task routines significant, are not uniquely Jewish, but rather human. Buber believed that any type of faith was about personal commitment to the Creator, and to have faith was to completely commit to certain acts of faith. To completely commit and give yourself fully to God is important within existentialism, and this includes Christian's also. Overall, with this theory Buber helped to let others find meaning and purpose in humans, it can relate to the Jewish community as well as the Christian community, as we try to give our whole life to God and be fully true to God also. Next, A further theory which helped him to teach others about what he believed in as an educator was his philosophy of education which he wrote and published many essays about. Buber argued that the opposite of compulsion and discipline is communion, not freedom. He believed that a student is neither entirely active or completely passive when learning, and that the ability to learn lies in the trust between the educator and the student. To put this into more practical terms Buber believed strongly that sitting there and feeding students information will not allow them to learn, but rather just be informed. He believed that in order for someone to be truly educated, they must be interested and want to absorb the information so that it will stick with them. This in part is what he believed allowed him to get his beliefs across to others and educate as well as help others through his part of his life as an educator utilizing strategies that would allow students to gain trust in him and truly learn.